Tuna sold for 6 mil. yen at year's 1st auction in Tokyo

Tuna sold for 6 mil. yen at year's 1st auction in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market held the new year's first auction of tuna Jan. 5, with a 276-kilogram bluefin tuna caught off Aomori Prefecture sold for a five-year high of 6.07 million yen amid tightening controls on catches and rising fuel costs for fishing boats.

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